All articles by Michael Cross – Page 5
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NewsProfessional bodies should regulate legal AI, say lawyers
More than two thirds of lawyers say bodies such as the Law Society and Bar Council should be responsible for technology.
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NewsListed financial adviser in £6.1m law firm deal
Purchase of DR Solicitors, which specialises in acting for healthcare professionals, is 'a game-changing acquisition'.
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NewsProbe into SSB collapse slips into next year
Cases 'raise wider issues about whether the bulk litigation market is working as well for the public as it should be', says SRA.
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NewsIn depth: Axiom Ince report makes grim reading for defiant SRA
Last week’s report into the SRA’s actions before shutting down Axiom Ince is a catalogue of omissions and missed opportunities. Will an aggressively expansionist – and unrepentant – regulator choose to learn any lessons?
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NewsBudget '24: LLP members spared as national insurance 'loophole' remains
Government made no announcement about extending employer liability to limited liability partnerships member drawings in this week’s budget.
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NewsOmbudsman seeks 10.2% budget rise next year
Legal Ombudsman's Office says it is 'consistently resolving 25% more complaints than in the past'.
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NewsAxiom Ince: What the independent review recommends
Carson McDowell review into regulatory events leading up to SRA’s intervention into Axiom Ince culminates with four pages of recommendations.
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NewsAxiom Ince: SRA botched previous investigation
Forensic investigators were not required to check client account balances with bank, independent review reveals.
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NewsAxiom Ince - SRA faces enforcement action
LSB finds regulator 'did not act adequately, effectively and efficiently' in 2023 collapse, causing 'significant consumer detriment'. The SRA disagrees.
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NewsIn depth: Freemarket thinktank calls for class action curbs
UK plc stands to suffer ‘enormous damage’ from an ever-expanding class action regime, says the Adam Smith Institute. Counterintuitively, the free-market thinktank wants more regulation – and legal aid.
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NewsClass action boom 'damaging UK plc'
Adam Smith Institute calls for regulation of third-party of litigation funding.
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NewsLegislation to unlock medical data - and underground pipes
Government unveils Data Use and Access Bill with measures covering everything from identity verification to cutting police bureaucracy.
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NewsHuman oversight of AI is doomed, master of rolls predicts
Technological developments will leave lawyers and judges 'no choice but to accept the advice or verdict of the machine'.
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NewsProfessional services on government’s ‘growth-driving’ list
Law Society hails 'bold and ambitous strategy' as 'breakthrough moment for the legal sector'.
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NewsData protection law could stifle AI in Europe, master of the rolls warns
Sir Geoffrey Vos says potential problems arise from regulation getting ahead of private law.
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NewsCompetition watchdog growls at unregulated legal services
Letter to seven businesses warns against ’aggressive upselling, the refusal of refunds and failing to respond to complaints’.
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NewsSRA swoops on new model SME firm
Lawbriefs offered online legal advice through the LawBite subscription platform.
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NewsBurial and cremation live issues for law reform
Law Commission seeks views on proposals to reopen old burial spaces - and deal with a quarter of a million sets of unclaimed ashes.
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Feature'The intention is to do away with democracy'
With judges striking over radical reforms of the judiciary, tension was in the air as Mexico hosted the International Bar Association’s annual conference. Balancing democracy with the rule of law was a major theme, reports Michael Cross.
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NewsInternational firms call off merger plan
Joining forces 'would not deliver the scale of strategic advantages we were looking for'.